AYAHUASCA PRODUCTS

AYAHUASCA History # Harmaline was first isolated from Syrian Rue seeds in 1841 and the first Western record of the psychoactive effects of B. caapi (in Peru) was made in 1851. Several reports were published in the mid-Nineteenth Century about the use of B. caapi. In 1922-1923 a film of traditional yage ceremonies was shot and then shown to the annual American Pharmaceutical Association meeting. The popularization of Ayahuasca in writing and media during the late 20th Century has lead to many North Americans and Europeans travelling to South America to take ayah ausca in "traditional" settings, creating a new industry around this "entheotourism". This industry helped cause a major shift in how ayahuasca use is viewed in its native lands. By the late 1990s, Ayahuasca brews begain being sold by street vendors in glass bottles in some cities in South America BANUSTERROPSIO CAAPI VINE CHALPONGA CHACRUNA S. RUE